Big Lots (STU:4B3) Pretax Margin % : -22.75% (As of Jul. 2024)

Big Lots Pretax Margin % Chart

Big Lots Annual Data
	Trend	Jan15	Jan16	Jan17	Jan18	Jan19	Jan20	Jan21	Jan22	Jan23	Jan24
Pretax Margin %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					5.97	13.62	3.77	-5.13	-9.15

Big Lots Quarterly Data
	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24	Apr24	Jul24
Pretax Margin %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-11.70	0.59	-2.42	-20.30	-22.75

Competitive Comparison of Big Lots's Pretax Margin %

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Big Lots's Pretax Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Pretax Margin % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Big Lots's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Big Lots's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Big Lots's Pretax Margin % falls into.

Big Lots Pretax Margin % Calculation

Pretax margin - also known as pretax profit margin is the ratio of Pretax Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Big Lots's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Big Lots's Pretax Margin for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2024 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Big Lots  (STU:4B3) Pretax Margin % Explanation

The pretax margin, as know as pretax profit margin, is widely used to measure the operating efficiency of a company before deducting taxes.

The pretax margin is sometimes preferred over the net margin as tax expenditures can make profitability comparisons between companies misleading.

It is a useful tool to compare companies operating in the same sector and less effective when comparing companies from other sectors as each industry generally has different operating expenses and sales patterns.

The long term trend of the pretax margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.

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